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Car giants vie for EV crown at Beijing's Auto China show
Chinese car giants locked in a cut-throat price war descended on the capital for the start of the Auto China show Thursday, vying to draw consumers and headlines in the world's biggest electric vehicle market and abroad.Beijing's Auto China show, which lasts until May 4, sees dozens of firms square off in a bid to draw customers at one of the country's biggest car shows.
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'I Shouldn't Have Said That': Joe Biden Mocks 1 Of Trump's Most Cherished Traits
The president took aim at one of his predecessor's personal trademarks -- and the audience loved it.
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'Stop The War’: Pope Francis Pleads For Negotiation And Peace In Ukraine, Gaza Wars
"Please. Countries at war, all of them, stop the war. Look to negotiate. Look for peace," the pope said in an interview with CBS News.
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Apple loses top spot in China market with shipments down 6.6% in Q1, data shows
Honor and Huawei were tied for the top spot, with Honor's market share rising to 17.1% and Huawei's share climbing to 17%, IDC said, while the iPhone maker's market share fell to 15.6%. The IDC declares a statistical tie when the difference between the share of revenue or shipments between two or more vendors is 0.1% or less. "Apple's price promotions in the quarter were unable to mitigate the impact of the intense competition from Android players," Arthur Guo, senior research analyst at IDC C
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Blinken calls for US, China to manage differences
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday on the United States and China to manage their differences "responsibly" as he went on a charm offensive ahead of expected tough talks.China has accused the United States of unfair economic coercion.
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India's Kotak Mahindra plunges 13% after ban on adding new clients digitally
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Kotak Mahindra Bank's shares tumbled 13% on Thursday after India's central bank banned the private lender from taking on new clients digitally, raising concerns about the potential impact on the lender that relies heavily on online banking. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday barred Kotak, India's fourth-largest lender by market value, from taking on new customers via its online and mobile banking channels, and from issuing new credit cards, due to IT-related defic
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North Koreans in China vanish as border reopens
After fleeing famine in North Korea, Kim Cheol Ok laid low in China for decades -- until a doomed run for freedom got her sent back to her repressive homeland, her family says.She told her family she was being sent back to North Korea two hours later and was never heard from again.
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